Quinton woman charged with shooting son's girlfriend during argument over house cleaning, air conditioner

QUINTON, Alabama – An argument about a dirty home and an air conditioner that was left off escalated Tuesday when a Quinton woman shot her son's girlfriend in the leg.

Jean Lynette Garrett, 43, was arrested and charged with first-degree assault in the incident. She remains in the Jefferson County Jail on $30,000 bond.

Just after 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jefferson County sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a shooting at a home in the 4100 block of Okahola Road, near the Walker County line. Around the same time, West Jefferson Fire and Rescue responded to a report of a person shot at a home in the 7600 block of Flat Top Road.

The victim, a 24-year-old woman, told detectives that she and her boyfriend live with his mother on Okahola Road.

They got into an argument about the house not being cleaned and the air conditioner being left off. Garrett pointed a handgun at the victim, who grabbed her hand and pushed the gun away. Garrett stepped back and fired one shot, hitting the woman in the leg.

The woman and her boyfriend went to a neighbor's home to call paramedics. She was treated and released from a hospital.